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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 Feb 6.
Published in final edited form as: J Abnorm Psychol. 2005 Aug;114(3):409–420. doi: 10.1037/0021-843X.114.3.409

Table 2.

Models Testing the Association of Parental MDD with Psychopathology and Functioning in Offspring from 19–24.

Maternal MDD
Paternal MDD
Offspring variable Model 1 p-value Model 2 p-value Model 1 p-value Model 2 p-value
Dichotomous measures
 MDD recurrence 1.33 (1.03–1.72) .029 1.37 (1.04–1.80) .025 1.16 (0.88–1.54) .281 1.08 (0.80–1.44) .618
 Bipolar disorder 0.82 (0.24–2.70) .743 0.66 (0.19–2.35) .524 2.04 (0.61–7.14) .248 1.90 (0.53–6.76) .321
 Suicide attempt 0.77 (0.45–1.33) .354 0.69 (0.39–1.22) .199 1.56 (0.94–2.63) .084 1.70 (0.98–2.94) .059
 Anxiety disorder 1.75 (1.10–2.86) .019 1.67 (1.01–2.76) .044 1.49 (0.94–2.33) .085 1.30 (0.80–2.11) .289
 Substance use 0.94 (0.70–1.27) .691 0.92 (0.67–1.26) .615 1.30 (0.28–5.88) .099 1.31 (0.95–1.80) .100
Continuous measures
 MDD chronicity .15 .021 .14 .027 .07 .296 .03 .637
 MDD severity .13 .037 .10 .101 .10 .093 .05 .393
 Suicidal ideation .03 .682 .00 .956 .08 .188 .07 .291
 GAF −.14 .032 −.06 .262 −.15 .018 .08 .243

Note. MDD = major depressive disorder; GAF = Global Assessment of Functioning. Model 1 adjusts for the source of parental diagnostic data; Model 2 adjusts for (a) MDD in the co-parent, (b) whether the offspring had been living with the parent at T1, (c) non-mood disorder in the offspring by age 19, (d) parental non-mood disorder, and (e) whether the offspring was in a current episode of MDD at T3. Dichotomous outcomes are evaluated with odds ratios (and 95% confidence intervals); continuous outcomes are evaluated with semi-partial correlations.